I Love Kanji呑気 (nonki)
呑気 (のんき, nonki) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “easy; easygoing”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- のんき
- Romaji
- nonki
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- easy; easygoing; carefree; happy-go-lucky; optimistic · な-adjective, noun · usually written in kana
Example sentences
お前は当事者じゃないから、そんなのんきなこと言ってられるんだよ。
You wouldn't be so casual about it if you were directly involved.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 呑気
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 呑気だ | のんきだ nonkida |
| Present (polite) | 呑気です | のんきです nonkidesu |
| Negative | 呑気じゃない | のんきじゃない nonkijanai |
| Past | 呑気だった | のんきだった nonkidatta |
| Negative past | 呑気じゃなかった | のんきじゃなかった nonkijanakatta |
| Te-form | 呑気で | のんきで nonkide |
| Before a noun | 呑気な | のんきな nonkina |
| Adverb (~ni) | 呑気に | のんきに nonkini |
Kanji in 呑気
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 呑気.
元気げんきlively天気てんきweather電気でんきelectricity病気びょうきillness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold)気きspirit気分きぶんfeeling空気くうきair気持ちきもちfeeling天気予報てんきよほうweather forecast湿気しっけmoisture活気かっきenergy気温きおん(air) temperature気候きこうclimate気体きたいgas
Source: JMdict entry 1600560 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.